This is a list of cheeses from, or connected with, the Netherlands .

Dutch cheeses [ edit ]

• Beemster ? a hard cow's milk cheese, traditionally from cows grazed on sea-clay soil in polders .
• Boerenkaas ? "farmhouse cheese", prepared using raw unpasteurised milk.
• Edam ? a red-waxed semi-hard cows' milk cheese named after the town of Edam .
• Graskaas ? "grass cheese", a seasonal cows' milk cheese made from the first milkings after the cows are let into the pastures in spring.
• Gouda ? a semi-hard cows' milk cheese traditionally traded in Gouda , now often used as a worldwide generic term for Dutch-style cheese.
• Kanterkaas ? "edge cheese", a hard cheese produced in Friesland, with variants flavoured with cumin and cloves.
• Leerdammer ? a trademarked Emmental -style semi-firm cows' milk cheese.
• Leyden ? a cows' milk cheese flavoured with cumin and caraway seed.
• Limburger ? a soft cheese with a distinctive smell, traditionally from the area of the former Duchy of Limburg .
• Maaslander ? a trademarked Gouda-style cheese made in Huizen .
• Maasdam ? an Emmental-style semi-firm cows' milk cheese.
• Nagelkaas ? "clove cheese", flavoured cows' milk cheese from Friesland.
• Parrano ? a trademarked Gouda-style semi-firm cheese.
• Prima Donna ? a similar style of cheese trademarked by a different company.

• Roomano ? an aged, hard cheese with a lower butterfat percentage than other Gouda-style cheeses.
• Rotterdamsche Oude ? a trademarked 36 to 100 weeks aged, hard Gouda cheese
• Vlaskaas ? "flax cheese", a firm, yet creamy texture and a sweet, sharp flavor.

See also [ edit ]

• List of cheeses

References [ edit ]